38. Travis Scott, Astroworld
There are two phenomenal covers for Travis Scott’s Astroworld project. The first one featured two children (one of color and the other white) playing in front of his own carnival or circus. Shot by David LaChapelle, the famous photographer responsible for so much of Whitney Houston, Elton John, and Mariah Carey, fans see a child of color tossing up popcorn in the air while the other is eating his. The kids are standing outside of a golden entranceway of Scott’s face — where the door is actually his mouth. They seem joyful and blissfully anticipating their bizarre location of amusement. The second cover is a little less Rockwell-ish. The nighttime version resembles the old 42nd Street in New York City or a forgotten strip in Las Vegas. Contorted women are photographed half-naked suggesting a seediness that the other cover did not. Both images represent a duality that consistently exists in Scott’s work and help rocket (just like the missiles in both sleeves) his career to the mega-stardom it is in now.